He’d Never Run A Marathon. Then He Ran One A Day For 15 Straight Days.

Gavin Skevington covered roughly 600km up South Africa’s KZN coast, a marathon every day for 15 days with no rest, on blistered feet and for five charities close to his heart.

Runner’s Stories

The First USATF Tour Champions Have Been Crowned

Valarie Sion cruised to the inaugural women’s title by winning everything she entered. Jamal Britt sealed the men’s by four centimetres on the very last throw of the season, and he says the $50,000 pays for medical treatment he couldn’t afford.

Track and Field

NYRR Is Putting On Three Free Beginner Run-Walks On NYC’s Car-Free Streets This Summer

The NYRR Start Line Series returns bigger for 2026, with free three-mile run/walks on closed streets in Queens, Manhattan, and the Bronx, no experience or entry fee required.

Race Coverage

There’s A Half Marathon On The Western States Trail Where You Stop To Iron Your Shirt

Iron X sends runners along part of the famous WS100 course near Auburn, with one catch: you carry an ironing board the whole way and press a shirt at eight iconic locations, including knee-deep in a river.

Runner’s Stories

Nearly 1 In 10 Endurance Runners Screened Positive For ADHD Traits, New Study Finds

A survey of 601 half-marathon, marathon, and ultra runners found 9.7% scored above the ADHD screening threshold, well above the roughly 3% seen in the general adult population. The researchers stress this is a signal, not a diagnosis.

Runner’s Stories

Missed The 2027 London Marathon Ballot? You Still Have Six Ways In

A record 1.33 million people entered and only about 7.5% got a spot, so most hopefuls just got the “sorry” email. Here’s every remaining route into the two-day event, and what to do if none of them work.

Jessy Carveth

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Josh Kerr’s Coach Knows The Number That Will Break The Mile World Record

A new FloTrack film follows Kerr and coach Danny Mackey through his final tune-up races before Saturday’s Emsley Carr Mile in London, where he will chase Hicham El Guerrouj’s 27-year-old mark of 3:43.13.

Elite Runners

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Extreme Weather Causes Another Race To Be Cancelled Hours Before The Start

Always Aim High Events pulled the Eryri marathon and Yr Wyddfa 24 the night before, citing a significant risk of exertional heat illness on a remote mountain course where evacuating multiple casualties would overwhelm emergency services.

Race Coverage

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We Ran All 1,248 World Cup Players Through Strava. Almost None Of Them Exist.

We searched every player at the 2026 World Cup on Strava. Out of 1,248, exactly two have a real, verifiable presence, and one of them is a fossilised teenage account. Here’s what that says about football.

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